Mike Abram

From continuous cereals to growing multiple crops using no-till and other regenerative farming techniques, a group of Kenyan farms have made big strides in the past 15 years Written by Mike Abram I’m standing in a farmyard next to a Horizon disc drill, discussing how the farm is getting on with using it in its first year, when it suddenly strikes me how much chirping from small birds is happening in the background.

What needs to happen for regenerative farming to be commercially scaled and expanded? A panel at the recent World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit gave their views Written by Mike Abram Attempts to scale regenerative farming practices through the value chain must de-risk the financial transition for farmers, key representatives from major companies across the agri-processing, food, retail and finance sectors agreed during a panel session at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit.

Weather has a bigger influence on yield than cultivation practice © Nathan Morris/Niab Discussion around which cultivation approach is best has been a central theme of many a pub debate or magazine article in recent years. But 20 years of the long-term Sustainability Trial for Arable Rotations (Star) project, in Suffolk, suggests that at least for winter wheat, weather is a much more decisive influence on yield than cultivation practice.